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Mutoh Warranty Service Just had a conversation with a service rep at Mutoh in Pheonix. Since my VJ1604 has 17 days left on its factory warranty, they won't refer me to anyone other than the company who sold it to us for repair work. Price is not an issue. I offered to pay for anyone in the...

We love our VJ 1604, unless it needs repair. Then kiss your sales goodbye. We've been virtually ignored by our local dealer. Too many machines to sell, so little time to maintain them.

1/4" Onsrud spiral upcut bits are great for plastics, foam, hdu and light aluminum. We run them on our bots all day long.

Quickbooks Pro is a breeze! Integrates with UPS online, Yahoo merchant and Washington Mutual checking accounts.

I had a friendly call from the President, the General Manager, and the LA Branch Manager of Mimaki USA yesterday. They were in to take a hard look at our Colorspan flatbed UV printer. It sounds like Mimaki is ready to release a mid-size roll to roll UV later this year. When this technology takes...

My Graphtec CE3000 cuts straight from CorelDraw 11. No need for the extra software. Page size in Corel has to match page size in printer properties and that's about it.

Careful now, don't let all those canned demo prints from the install technician fool you. Regular output isn't nearly that much fun. I've got 5 ColorSpan printers, and Rob sums it up pretty well: "It's a great printer and pain in the ass rolled into one!"

Dusty stuff. Get ready for a scratchy throat. We cut 15 lb Signfoam and Precision Board HDU's at 1.5 IPS with Onsrud spiral upcut 1/4" bits. Spindle speed at 22,000 rpms.

I had a few instances of Illustrator CS files not importing into Corel. I typically open an AI file in Illustrator 10 and save it down to 6, then import it into CorelDraw. We've upgraded to CS and have had no further issues.

Okay who's the wise-guy that selected "other"?

I used Jay Cooke's All-Purpose Sign Primer on HDU this week. Definitely the best HDU primer I've tried so far.

Chinese plotter + Roland driver + Owners manual with no X,Y origin info = We get what we pay for. :thumb:

I don't know where to get PVC in Ohio, but guys, the Goodyear blimp is anchored down every night at a field 3 blocks from my shop in the Los Angeles area. It flies over Disneyland almost every day. I thought LA was the true home of the blimp! As for the custom lettered air conditioned neon...

Proficiency in Corel is time well spent. We use it to create paths for plotters, cnc routers and a laser engraver. Learn it any way you can.

ColorSpan is 20k more (and faster) because it uses 12 more printheads than the Mimaki, and is a flatbed printer with a 1/4" thickness capability. Fast print speeds make for great claims at trade shows and in advertising, but in the real world I have to hand a banner to a customer over the...